SHAWNEE IN TENNESSEE

DURING LATE 1600'S AND EARLY 1700'S THE SHAWNEE RIVER HAD MANY VILLAGES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. THEY SPEAK ALGONQUIAN. THE SHAWNEE TRAVELED WIDELY AND LIVED FROM OHIO TO GEORGIA. THEY WERE SKILLED WARRIORS.

IN 1672 THE CHEROKEE GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO SETTLE ON CUMBERLAND. THE SHAWNEE WERE FORCED OUT OF NASHVILLE IN 1715. THEY GOT INVOLVED WITH THE TRADE WARS BETWEEN ENGLAND, SPAIN, FRANCE. THEY ALL FOUGHT ABOUT THE FUR TRADE.

THE CHICKASAWS WERE LEGENDARY WARRIORS, AND SIDED WITH ENGLISH. THE FRENCH AND CHICKASAWS BATTLED. IN 1715 THE SHAWNEE ABANDONED THE AREA.
EVENTUALLY THEY SETTLED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN SOUTHERN OHIO. THE SHAWNEE FORGOT AND LIVED ALONGSIDE THE CHICKAMONGANS. IN 1755 A SHAWNEE WARRIOR CAPTURED A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HE MARRIED DURING A RAID. THIS COUPLE WAS THE PARENTS OF TECUMSEH, WHO WAS ONE THE GREATEST INDIAN LEADERS.

IN EARLY 1800'S TECUMSEH ALMOST SUCCEDED IN UNITING ALL INDIAN TRIBES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO FIGHT AGAINST LOOSING INDIAN LAND. HE SPOKE TO MANY INDIAN LEADERS. HE ALLIED WITH BRITISH DURING THE 1812 WAR AND DIED IN BATTLE IN 1813.

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